OK, that's good, but did they have to wait two weeks to do it?
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
Saturday, March 2, 2024
Steve Vladeck on SCOTUS granting cert in J6 case
OK, that's good, but did they have to wait two weeks to do it?
What name will he call her?
And what threats will she receive?
The comments on this post are nasty enough. And this isn't Twitter. I mean Xitter.
The first three I see:
Actually, it's a pretty bold move for Murkowski.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
Friday, March 1, 2024
Mehdi Hasan has a new venture
You can subscribe at that link.To be clear: racism has been mainstreamed and normalized across the West. Donald Trump is about to usher in a new era of fascism in the United States. And the highest court in the world has said it is “plausible” that Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza.
Nevertheless, most news organizations won’t touch the R-word, the F-word, or the G-word. They hide behind euphemisms and ‘both sides’ coverage. Far too many journalists hold back from speaking the truth because they don’t want to offend conservatives, or ‘sound biased,’ or risk losing their connections to the people in power. We have reached a point where I can’t help but be reminded of this line, often misattributed to George Orwell: “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
I hope that Zeteo will be revolutionary in that sense, a vanguard of a new media movement. One which prioritizes speaking truth to power over securing access to power.
Zeteo News
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
Supreme means Supreme
And apparently there's no way for American citizens to check their power.
Hell, Clarence Thomas hates black people.
Hell, Clarence Thomas hates black people.
Go ahead and read that entire gobsmacking New Yorker article about Crystal Clanton and Clarence and Ginni Thomas.In one sense, it hardly matters whom Justice Thomas hires as a law clerk. His conservative judicial views are well known and unwavering, and it’s improbable that one of his clerks would bend his decisions in any discernible way. Also, had Clanton apologized, it’s unlikely that many people would still care. But hiring a young woman who was fired for racial bigotry, and who has never apologized for it, could scarcely send a worse message to Black litigants and lawyers, or do more to undermine the Court’s promise—carved into its building’s grand façade—to deliver “Equal Justice Under Law.
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”In the fall of 2021, reports surfaced that Clanton had lined up two successive clerkships: the first with U.S. District Court Judge Corey Maze, of the Northern District of Alabama, and the second with Judge Pryor, of the Eleventh Circuit. Ruth Marcus, the Washington Post opinion writer, posted a column asking of Pryor, “Why is a prominent federal judge hiring a law clerk who said she hates Black people?” Democrats on Capitol Hill filed an ethics complaint with the Eleventh Circuit, complaining that Maze and Pryor had hired “an individual with a history of nakedly racist and hateful conduct.” They warned that placing such a person in “close proximity to judicial decision-making threatens to seriously undermine the public’s faith” in the federal courts. And they argued that no member of any minority would “trust that they will receive equal justice before these judges.”
New Yorker
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
Thursday, February 29, 2024
Dipshit
WTF?Donald Trump argued that he is so wealthy he should not have to pay a bond to appeal the defamation ruling against writer E. Jean Carroll, as the amount required is not a deterrent for him.
MSN
Apparently, as cited in Carroll's response, there's a case controlling these things in which a factor is "whether the defendant's ability to pay is 'so plain that the cost of a bond would be a waste of money'." Seems a little ridiculous to me. But, I guess that's what Trump's lawyers were trying to rely on and ask the court to simply trust him when he says he's rich.In New York, a person must pay a court a cash bond that amounts to 110 percent of the judgment to appeal the ruling of a civil case, meaning the former president would have to pay more than $91 million to challenge the defamation penalty. The court entered its final judgment on February 8, so Trump has until March 9 to pay Carroll or post the cash bond.
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"Having argued to the jury that President Trump has great financial resources, Plaintiff is in no position to contradict herself now and contend that she requires the protection of a bond during the brief period while post-trial motions are pending," the motion states.
Which began like this:"This fact nullifies risk to the judgment creditor and weighs heavily in favor of an unsecured stay," the motion continues.
[Judge Lewis] Kaplan denied the request for a stay, "much less an unsecured stay," while requesting a written response from Carroll's lawyers.
Chef's kiss.
I'm surprised they didn't wait until day 30[Kaplan] also noted that Trump's team waited until day 25 of the 30-day time limit before requesting a stay of enforcement of the defamation judgment.
Which is it? He's so rich there's no need to worry about him paying the judgment, or he's too poor to pay such a large amount?The motion from Trump's lawyers suggested that the former president be allowed to post a lower bond based on a future judgment following their appeal.
Well, then he'd just get back the difference from the bonding agent."There is a strong probability that the disposition of post-trial motions will substantially reduce, if not eliminate, the amount of the judgment," Trump's lawyers wrote.
LOL.The legal team suggested that the court project a reduction of the total judgment to $22.25 million so that Trump could post a bond of $24.475 million, which his lawyers said "would be appropriate."
Trump has a deadline of March 2 to reply. Don't expect it before then.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
Just another Trump scheme to rip off millions
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.The co-founders of former president Donald Trump’s media company filed a lawsuit Wednesday, claiming that Trump and other leaders had schemed to deprive them of a stake in the company that could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
The case could complicate a long-delayed bid by Trump Media & Technology Group, owner of the social network Truth Social, to merge with a special purpose acquisition company called Digital World Acquisition and become a publicly traded company.
WaPo
McConnell stepping down
Not soon enough. His term doesn't end until 2027.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/mitch-mcconnell-retiring-senate/?utm_campaign=SproutSocial&utm_content=thenation&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
Now that he has single-handedly wrecked the country's bid for greatness, he's not running again.
McConnell's health issues no doubt also were a deciding factor in his choice.
That alone disqualifies Biden as a capable leader. McConnell never did anything in good faith.McConnell’s decision to step aside was also foreseeable for a simple, stark reason beyond his age of 82. His party had moved sharply away from him — and toward his intraparty nemesis, former President Trump — even as he remained its titular head in the upper chamber.
The venom with which Trump attacked him was unignorable.
[...]
President Biden told reporters he was “sorry to hear” McConnell was stepping down. In a later statement, Biden — a Washington institutionalist like the outgoing leader — called McConnell “my friend” and noted that they had been able to work “together in good faith even though we have many political disagreements.”
The Hill
I'm sure he'll evenetually bend the knee.Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), one of the brashest Trump loyalists in Congress, expressed glee on social media at how McConnell had now been “86’d” alongside former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and outgoing Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel.
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) [...] greeted McConnell’s departure as “an opportunity to refocus our efforts on solving the significant challenges facing our country and actually reflect the aspirations of voters.”
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Trump’s resurgence has left McConnell out on an uncomfortable limb. If Trump were to win in November, he would almost certainly engineer McConnell’s ouster — an inglorious end to such a long career.
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Talks have been taking place between the McConnell and Trump camps as to under what circumstances the Senate minority leader might endorse the former president — something he has conspicuously failed to do so far.
One source briefed on those talks told this column that the basic outline would have McConnell endorsing Trump as the party’s de facto leader in return for a quietening of Trump’s attacks.
McConnell's health issues no doubt also were a deciding factor in his choice.
And there'll be nothing but praise and plaudits for him by both the media and Democratic leaders.McConnell suffered a bad fall last year and, in the months afterward, twice froze on camera — two embarrassing moments that sharpened questions about his leadership capacity.
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On Tuesday, he bowed to the apparently unstoppable twin forces of Trumpism and time.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.The House Freedom Caucus mocked Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) after he announced his retirement from his leadership position Wednesday, suggesting that his stance on Ukraine aligns with his Democrat colleagues.
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He said he plans to serve the remainder of his term, which ends in 2027.
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I will complete my job my colleagues have given me until we select a new leader in November and they take the helm next January,” he said.
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“Our thoughts are with our Democrat colleagues in the Senate on the retirement of their Co-Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (D-Ukraine). No need to wait till November… Senate Republicans should IMMEDIATELY elect a *Republican* Minority Leader,” the House Freedom Caucus wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
The Hill
UPDATE 02:30 pm:
UPDATE 03/01/2024:
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